September 12
the ocean
was in a rage last night
but today,
these peace offerings
of blue mussels and kelp
1st Place
Sanford Goldstein International Tanka Competition, 2018
September 13
between the spokes
of your spinning wheel
a dusty web . . .
I never thought our lives
would so quickly unwind
1st Place
The British Haiku Society Tanka Awards, 2019
September 18
dried curls
of gray reindeer moss
crunch softly
underneath our boots . . .
no other sound, but breath
1st Place
San Francisco International Tanka Competition, 2016
September 24
mountain lupine
the colour of wild
in your eyes
Cattails, May 2014
also published in my haiku collection, A Year Unfolding, (Folded Word 2017)
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